TESTING CAPACITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE TESTING IN PLACE. (áááSTACEYááá) A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND FORMER MEMBER OF AN AMES SYNAGOGUE DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 HAS DIED. RUTH DAVID WAS BORN IN 19-29 AND GREW UP IN GERMANY. HER PARENTS SOUGHT REFUGE FOR HER IN ENGLAND. HER PARENTS WERE MURDERED BY THE NAZI REGIME. RUTH LIVED IN AMES FOR A NUMBER OF YEAR

A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor, who lived in Ames, Iowa, for more than a decade, died of COVID-19. Ruth David was a member of the Ames Jewish Congregation in the 2000s, before moving back to England in 2010 where she recently died. During her time in Iowa, she wrote two books about her family's experience under Nazi rule. Ruth's parents were both killed at Auschwitz. She and her five siblings were able to escape to England. A friend from her Ames congregation told sister station KCCI when Ruth shared her story, everyone listened. "She was a very gracious woman, very well-spoken, kind," said Barbara Pleasants, former professor at Iowa State University. "She was just a really, really nice woman. Considering her very difficult childhood, she really made a wonderful life for herself." After leaving Iowa, David continued her work as a Holocaust educator, making frequent trips to Germany. Pleasants said, prior to her death, David received an award from the German government for her work.

AMES, Iowa —

A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor, who lived in Ames, Iowa, for more than a decade, died of COVID-19.

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Ruth David was a member of the Ames Jewish Congregation in the 2000s, before moving back to England in 2010 where she recently died.

During her time in Iowa, she wrote two books about her family's experience under Nazi rule. Ruth's parents were both killed at Auschwitz. She and her five siblings were able to escape to England.

A friend from her Ames congregation told sister station KCCI when Ruth shared her story, everyone listened.

"She was a very gracious woman, very well-spoken, kind," said Barbara Pleasants, former professor at Iowa State University. "She was just a really, really nice woman. Considering her very difficult childhood, she really made a wonderful life for herself."

After leaving Iowa, David continued her work as a Holocaust educator, making frequent trips to Germany. Pleasants said, prior to her death, David received an award from the German government for her work.